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ELEGTRIG MOTOR.

No.' 516,917. Patented Mm-.20,1894.

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CLYDE J. COLEMAN, or cnioAeo, ILLINOIS, ASSlGNOR or ONE-HALF 'ro CHARLES 'ODELL, or SAME'PLACE.

ELECTRlC MOTOR.-

srncrrrcazrron forming art of Letters Patent No. 516,917, d ted March 20, 1894.

Application filed January 21,1893.

To all Z whom it may concern:

Be-lt known that I, CLYDE J. COLEMAN, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Chicage, in the county at Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Motors; and I do.

tions, and more especially; to that type of such motors forming the subject matter of my companion application for Letters Patent, Serial No. 459,271, which embraces a method of coupling the revolving armature and revolving field of an electric motor to a driven shaft in a differential manner, so that the speed of the driven shaft can vary with the load imposed, while the speed of the motor remains constant, and the present improvement has .for its objects. mainly,' to provide a simple and efficient gearing mechanism for connect- I ing the rotating field and the rotating armature of an electric motor to the driven shaft in a differential manner, so that by a variation-in the relativespeedsof the field and armature, any desired speed can be attained of. the driven shaft, and -'the full power or torque of the motor applied to the driven shaft, re-

gardless of any change or variation in the .speedof the same; andin consequence a ready change in the rotation of such driven shaft can be effected to suit the particular circumstances,'a decrease in speed being accompanied with an increase of power, and in hke manner, an increasejn speed with a decrease inpower, the power or torque exerted by themotor remaining constant and uniform under all conditions. The resulting advantages from such equalization of the speed and power imparted to the driven shaft are as' follows: an attainment ofthe greatest" efficiency in the motor, in that'- it runs under all conditions at its normal speech-the avoid- 'ance-of all danger of burning-out of the a rmature coils, due to'a decrease ll]. the speed of the motor, owing to an overload, andthe requirement of but a normal amount of ourwith,

I Serial No. M9372. (No model.)

rent for supplying the motor-under any ordinary condition of load imposed.

. In .its more approved form the present improvement contemplates the use of an independent clutch for-the revolving armature and the revolving field; so that either one or tion,in the attainment of theseveral distinct speeds of the driven shaft'as follows, to-wit: a slow speed, due to a revolvingarinature and a revolving revolving armature and a stationary field; and ad intermediate speed, due to a stationary armature and revolving field. When however, it is not desired to employ all of theother can be held in a stationary condifield; a fast speed, due to a" such speeds, one of the clutches (the armature clutch for instance), can be dispensed the fast speed due to a revolving armature and stationary field; and the slow speed due .to a revolving armature and a revolying field; It is an accepted-fact among electricians that electric motors will ,take more current fained, 'i. e.,

when standing still than when running at and. two distinct speeds be still'atf their normal speed, owing-to the, fact thatwhen in motion the motor'cuts-line of force, and acts as a generator to set up counter electro motive force, to oppose the initial electro motive force, and regulates the amount of current being fed into the motor.

- As usually constructed electric motors, when overloaded so that they cannot attain .the

necessary speed to set up a sufficient counter electro motive force tooppose the initial elecvtro motive force, a larger amount of current than the armature coils were design d to carry will flow through the armature and cause a burning out of the same; to avoid such. danger of burningout of the armature, it has heretofore been the usual practice to construct the motor sufficiently large, so that it will readily assume'the necessary speed to set up counter. electro .motive force to sufficiently oppose theinitial electro motive force, and avoid burn'outsl By the present invention such a result is attained with a smaller motor, and ma more etiicieut and practical manner, by allowing'the motor to assume its normal speed immediately; the driven shaft or load gradually acquiring its normal speed too as its inertia is overcome. At the same time a motor is furnished in which the same amount of current will suffice in the starting as well as the continued operation of the motor; from the uniform current requirement there follows, when applied to street car propulsion and analogous uses, a material reduction in the first cost 0f the plant as well as in the subsequent running expenses of the same, owing to the fact that the gross amount of electric current to be generated is reduced to a minimum, while the size and cost of the electric generators, steam engine, and other attachments are.correspondingly reduced The present invention is also specially adapted for very advantageous use in connection with storage batteries for street car propulsion and like, uses, in that it does not create an irregular or excessive demand upon the storage batteries, either in the startingof the car, to overcome the inertia of the same, or during the running of the car when extra load is imposed upon the motor, but on the contrary takes a uniform and regular current from the battery at all times, and thus avoids the usual injurious effects on the plates of the storage battery, due toirregular and heavy discharges'therefrom, such as the disinte- 'gration of the active coating, buckling. of the plates, the. In the practical useot' th tion a small rheo'stat may be employed with advantage in the initial starting of the motor so as to aid in a more gradual starting of the same, and which is not required for. use. at any other time, but such use of a rheostat forms no part of the present invention.

I attain the above objects by the constructron and; arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, is a longitudinalsectional elevai .tion of one form of my present improved mo tor, -in which the driven shaft or axle-form's the axis upon and around which the armsture and field of themotor rotates; Fig. 2, a

vation illustrating the motor supported in bearings by the shaftoi. its armature. 4 and 5, transverse sections at line w'-.r' and w mi, respectively, Fig. 3.

Similar numerals of'reference indicate like parts in the several views.

Referring t0 the drawings, 1-, armature, and 2 the field of an electric m6- tor mounted to rotate in opposite directionsaround acommon' axis, in any suitable manner, preferably in the manner shown in"the drawings, inwhich the motor field 2, is '1- ran'ged'to rotate in hearings on the shaft or end hubs of the armature; while the armatureL-is either arranged to rotate in suitable bearings on the stationary supporting frame 3, as in Fig. 3, or upon the axially ar:

ranged driven shaft or axle 4, as indicated in Fig. 1.

The ordinary current collector 5, column- 9 present invenrepresentsthe nvention, a train of e icysist of a pair of gear wheels having a parallel arrangement on a common axis and made of diiferent diameters, such gear wheels being geared together by means of one or more sets of intermediate or idler gear wheels, fixedly attached together, and turning upon their ow-n axis inibesrings in a carrying spider or ring, that in turn has movement around the common or motor axis, so that such inter-me diate or transmission gear wheels will have two distinct movements towit: around their own axis, and around, the axis of the motor. The transmission gears, connect the respective gears 9 and 10 together, and they maybe either of a bevel type as shown Figs. 1 and 2, or o! a spur typeas shown'in Fi 3, 4, and

5. This improved arrangemento gears constitute what is known as an epicyoie train of gearing, and the presentinvention oomprehends broadly, the combination therewith. 'of the revolving armature and the revolvin field of an electric motor, connected todi 'ferent members of the epioyele train,- regardless of the special connectionsinade'," llli'tllit' either the armature'the field, or. the driven shaft-or part, may beettached to as a part or from eitherthe main gears, or to the carryings i-= tier or rim; the present improvement reqn ring that such parts of the motor sud-tho driven shaft, be s'eparatelyeonnected to the three elements or members of the .epieyols train.

In thedrawings I illustrate two modes 0! connectiomtowit: In Figs.1 and 2, the motor field 2 is'connected to the oarryin ,spider 18, of the transmission gears 11 an 12, of the epicycletrain: the armature 1 to gear 10 o! such train; and the driven shaft 4 to the other;

gear 9, of such train.

tud-inal axis oftthe motor and supports t s by means of end sleeves or hubs, while the In this construction the driven shaft or axle 4, forms the- Ion same, the armature havingbearings thereon der or carrier 13 ot'the transmissiongears 11 i and 12'of the epioycle train.

Inthe construction illustrated in' Figs. 3 r

and 4, the carrying spider 13' of the intermediate or transmission gears 11' and 12' of the epicycle train,is made in the form of s driving pulley, the motor armature 1,is connected to the gear wheel 9' of such train, and the motor field 2 to the other gear wheel 10' of such train. In this construction the" motor shaft turns in bearings 3, of asnitable supporting base orhousing, and the spider 13' by means of its circular rim or periphery gives off motion.

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To efiect a change in the speed ofthe driven shaft 4 f1 em a slow to an intermediate or normal speed, or vice versa, clutch mechanisms are provided in connection with the arm...-

' ture and with the field, for engaging and holding either one of the same in .an independent manner, as may be required. Any usual form or type of clutch or brake mechanism may be employed without departing from the spirit of this part of my invention. I have shown for the present purpose, brake wheels and 16, attached respectively, to the armature 1- and, to the field 2,.and which are engaged by the respective brake bands 17 and 18, that are actuated by any suitable operating mech-' anism.

-With the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, as an example, the different opera-- tions of the parts are as follows: \Vit'h the armature held stationary by its brake wheel and band 15,17, and the field running free, a

slow motion will be imparted to the driven shaft. With the armature and the field running free in opposite directions, a higher or irlilter mediate speed is imparted .to the driven s aft. its brake wheel and band 16, 18, and the ar-' mature runningfree, a normal or higlnspeed is imparte dto the driven shaft.

In the practical application of the present invention to uses where the load iscdnstantly changing, such ,for instance, as in the propulsion of street cars, and assuming the driven 'shaft 4 to represent the car axle, or a rotating element, geared to and-driving the caraxle," in starting the car, the current is switched directly into the motor, and the brake mechanism 15,17, of the armature aprequiring any excess in the amount of our-- plied to hold the armature from rotation. Under such conditions the rotating field 2 ac- .eomplishes the work, and exerts a slow and powerfulaction to overcome the inertia of the car and set the same in motion, without rent above the ordinary, and without any liability to overloading the motor'to cause a burning out of the same. In this the armature gear 10, remaining stationary, its teeth serve as a fulcrum for the'pinion 12, to causev said pinion to have a. movement around its. axis, as said pinion is carried by the field around the main axis, and such compound movement of the pinion 12, around its own armature willhave eflective action through the epicycle axis, and around the main axis, is byrneans of the pinion-11, (integral with pinion 12,) transferred to the driven pinion 9, on the ear or other axle, the resultantspeed of such axle depending upon the relativediameters of the gears, wheels -9 and 10; After the inertia of the car has been overcome by the slow and powerful motion above mention-ed, the armature can released from its holding brake mechanism l"), 17, and allowed to rotate freely in an opposite direction 'to the field. Under such conditions, both the field and the train of gears to impart a higher 'ment of such normal And with the field held stationary by or intermediate speed 'to the car, in this the same conditions will prevail as already described, modified by the fact that the stationary fulcrum of the former a rangement 18 converted into a movable fulcrumflm'parting additional speed to the driven pinion 9, on the car axle and when a high or normal speed of the car is required.the brake mechanism 16, 1.8, can be applied to the field 2, so as to hold it from rotation, when the armature will act to impart the required normal speed to the car. In-this the epicycle natureof the train of gearing is eliminated, and the motion transmitted from the armature to the driven shaft 4, will depend upon the relative proportions of the gear wheels 9 and '10.

The use-of the armature of they motor. for imparting the normal or high speed above referred to, is preferred as entailing theleast amount of loss through friction, &c., it is however, within the scopeof the present inveution' to reverse the arrangement described and employ the revolving field in the attam spee i, when desired.

Havingthus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by, Letters-Patent; is-- Y p 4 1. A motor having its field and armature. 'adaptedto rotate inopposite directions, independentlypf the driven shaft or drum in combination with an epicycle train of gears forming a connection betweenthe field, the armature and. the driven shaft or drum, the carrying frame of such epicycle train of gearshaving a constant or positive connection with a power transmitting part of the motor, sub stantially as set-forth.

2. A motor having its field and armature adapted to rotate in opposite directions independently of the driven shaft or drum, n combination with an epic-yele train of gears, having a difierential nature, and forming a connection between the field, the armature, and the driven shaft or druunthe carrying frame of such epicycle train of gears having" a constant or positive connection with a power transmitting part of the motor, substantially as set forth. I

' 3-. A motor having its field and armature adapted to rotate in opposite directions independently of thedriven shaft or drum, in combination with anepicycle train of gears, forming a connection between the field, the armature and the driven shaft or drum the" carrying frame of such epicy'cle train of gears having a constant or positive connection with-a power transmitting part of the motor, and a Y clutch mechanism for holding one of the motor members from rotation, substantially as set forth.

4. A motor having its field and armature adapted to rotate in-opposite directions, in combination with an epicycle train of gears, forming a connection between the field,.the

'armature,and the driven shaft or drum, and

a cl u'tch mechanism for holding the field from rot-ation,,substantially as set forth.

. clutch mechanisms forindependently holding the field and armature from rotation, substantially as set forth.

6. A motor having its field and armature adapted to rotate in opposite directions independently of the driven shaft or drum, in combination with an epicycle train of gears have ing a difierential nature, and forming a connection between the field, the armature and the driven shaft or drum the carrying frame of such epicycle train of gears having a constant or positive connection with a powertransmitting part of the motor, and clutch mechanism for holding one of the motor members from rotation; substantially as setforth.

7.'A motor having its field and armature adapted to rotate in opposite directions, in

combination with an epioycle train of gears, having a differential nature,- and forming a connection between the field, the armnture and the driven shaft or drum, and clutch mechanism for holding the field fromrotation, substantially as set forth.

8. A motor having its field and armature adapted to rotate in opposite directions, in

combination with an epicycl e train of gears,

having a differential nature, and forming a connection between the field, the armature and the driven shaft or drum, and clutch mechanisms for independently holding the field and armature from rotation, substam tially as set forth.

In testimonywhe'reof witness my hand this 16th day of January, 1893.

' CLYDE J. COLEMAN.

In resence 05- I 'ROBERT BURNS,

Gno. H. ARTHUR. 

